Aidan Dufaux Poet Free verse

A Lone Leaf

Clinging desperately
A lone leaf
On an autumn branch,
Enduring the cold winds that blow
The breath of winter,
The darkened skies,
The bare branches of a skeleton tree.
One more push and it will fall,
Swoop down in all glory,
To paraphrase life's forgotten misfit ideals
No matter the tenacity of the leaf,
How strong its stem holds,
Falling is fate,
And rotting is
Inevitable
Among the others
Engraved in stone.

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Agnes Krampe April 13, 2017 at 5:25 PM Great poem. "Falling is fate" - indeed. Congrats on your win, Aidan. Aidan Dufaux April 19, 2017 at 12:14 AM Thank you!

Lukas Ficklin April 13, 2017 at 1:11 PM This is incredibly well written!! Congrats :) Aidan Dufaux April 13, 2017 at 2:39 PM Thank you Lukas!!

Francis J Grasso April 13, 2017 at 8:18 AM Congratulations on the win, Aidan! Well done! ...Fran Aidan Dufaux April 13, 2017 at 10:29 AM Thank you!

Reason A. Poteet April 13, 2017 at 8:10 AM We share thoughts, the power is in the seed not the leaves nor even the blossoms. All else shrivels but the seed endures. A paschal piece indeed, abstract. Congratulations on your placement. Aidan Dufaux April 13, 2017 at 10:30 AM Thanks you so much!!!